polistes

Questions about polistes

What does polistes mean?

polistes means "a genus of Vespidae".

How many syllables are in polistes?

polistes has 2 syllables and divides as poli-stes under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for polistes?

Close synonyms include genus Polistes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polistes a common word?

polistes is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.